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- From: jbaltz@watsun.cc.columbia.edu (Jerry B Altzman)
- Subject: Re: Physics News Update #111 (1/21)
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- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 18:19:51 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan22.053914.21600@midway.uchicago.edu> revu@midway.uchicago.edu writes:
- >the scientists in this Maryland-AT&T-Berkeley collaboration use
- >the prefix milli-atto to denote 10 raised to the -21st power, the
- >official name for this prefix is "zepto," or just z. For those who
- >would go further yet, the name for 10**-24 is "yocto." (Science
- >News, 16 Jan. 1993.)
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- I am to assume then that 10^-27 is the "harpo" and the very small 10^-30 is
- a "groucho" then?
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- jerry b. altzman Entropy just isn't what it used to be +1 212 650 5617
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